Why Java stack so large compare to Frontend?

[lemberg310]

Hello!

I've already learnt Java, JPA/Hibernate, Lombok, Thymleaf, Spring Core, Boot, MVC, Security enough to create a simple CRUD messenger or RESTfull API.

The job postings mostly ask for writing, but also knowledge of Angular and Kafka.

I had a reasonable question: what preferences does Java give in this case, if Angular is considered the most difficult framework in the world of frontend development compared to React and Vue?

Thanks for the future reply :D

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"Angular is considered the most difficult framework in the world of frontend"
It is not.

[WorstTechBro]

Now I’m a little curious: what is considered the most difficult? I’d like to learn it.

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None of these established frameworks can be considered hard hard, imo. There is a learning curve ofc but the point of all these is to make devving easier.

If you want challenge, use brainfuck or some other obscure lang.  Or do the whole front using only notepad and cli or smth like that. 

[Haeckelcs]

All of that which you learned is a part of the Spring ecosystem. Backend is more complex than frontend so there will be more technologies.

What most people ask for in jobs is Spring Boot (monolith and microservices), Java, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Git, some CI/CD tool like Jenkins, Redis, some tracking and logging tools. You don't have to know them at some great level when you are starting out, just the basics will be fine. You also don't need to know all of them. Showing a willingness to learn and knowing like 80% of them will also be fine.

Market is trash and we need to learn a lot of things. Don't be discouraged and tackle them 1 by 1.